On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:09:44 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How does this file get created? From documentation, > the world file will be updated whenever we emerge > package-name. But this has not happened on my system > whenever I do an emerge. I have looked for the file in > /var/cache/edb but it's not there. >
Taken directly from the portage ebuild >---ewarn "NOTICE: There have been changes in the location of some internal files" >---ewarn " to better match the FHS. The changes do not directly affect users" >---ewarn " but please be advised that changing between versions of portage" >---ewarn " with and without these changes may introduce some inconsistencies" >---ewarn " in package data regarding 'world' and 'virtuals' (provides)." >---echo >---einfo " /var/cache/edb/world has moved to /var/lib/portage/world" >---echo >---einfo " /var/cache/edb/virtuals has been deprecated and is now calculated" >---einfo " on demand. Strictly _USER_ modifications to virtuals may go into" >---einfo " /etc/portage/profile/virtuals and will not be modified by portage." I think this explains everything you need to know. It is also shown each time you have emerge an 2.0.51-rx series. Cheers ! Jean-Francois > Any help will be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Boon Aik > -- [email protected] mailing list
